July 27, 2020
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE
I just went over to Warwick racecourse and saw Comet NEOWISE through my binoculars. They don’t have a whole lot of magnification (the point with astronomy optics is to gather more light, not so much to zoom in) so it was a blurry patch of sky against a fairly bright background. Warwick is very light, and is close to plenty of other light places.
It’s been a long time since I really connected with astronomy.
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